| Well; Prom was last night. Pretty much the LAST milestone in my son's life before starting his own adult life. 3 weeks until finals. 5 weeks until graduation. 60 days until we drive him to the academy to "Meet the Beast".
Fortunately for us; between family weekend and 6 home football games; we should be able to gradually "wean" ourselves from having kids at home. We only live 2 hours away. Our daughter will be home for the summer from college, so having her around will help while our son is at BCT. By the time he gets out of BCT and is ready for the academy and parent's weekend, the daughter will be heading back to start her Senior Year of College. I think this spacing the kids out by 3 years really helped.
Anyway; after football season we'll probably get to see him for Christmas and then Spring Break and eventually 3 weeks in the summer. But; so everyone knows; each year they will become more and more independent and want to spend their free time doing other things other than coming home. I know that because I went through it. But it is hard to deal with.
Wife doesn't want any more kids; and she won't let me adopt any 24 year old female Swedish exchange graduate students. (I already asked). So I guess we will have to learn to cope with the empty nest syndrome. I'm sure we will survive. Millions have done it before us. (Even though I think the "Swedish" idea would make it easier. LOL) |